LGU+ "Cheer for LG with Pro Baseball Legends on Spoki"

LG Uplus announced on the 5th that it will hold a ‘Spoky Live Talk’ with professional baseball legends on its sports community platform Spoky to celebrate the LG Twins’ advancement to the Korean Series.

‘Spoky Live Talk’ is a real-time streaming content where current and former athletes from various sports appear to enjoy the games with viewers and communicate in a relaxed atmosphere. It can only be watched on Spoky.

An LG Uplus model introducing Spoky's original content.
[Photo by LG Uplus]

To cheer for the LG Twins’ first championship in 29 years, Spoky plans to hold Spoky Live Talk in line with the Korean Series Game 1 (7th) and Game 4 (11th). The first live talk, starting at 6:15 PM on the 7th, will feature LG Twins’ retired number player Park Yong-taek and former Doosan Bears pitcher and broadcaster Yoo Hee-kwan, who will interact with viewers and cheer for the LG Twins’ victory in Game 1 of the Korean Series. Previously, Park Yong-taek and Yoo Hee-kwan collaborated through Spoky’s original content ‘Metro Park,’ where they visited baseball stadiums nationwide and interviewed fans.

The second live talk will begin at 1:45 PM on the 11th, the day of the Korean Series Game 4. Park Yong-taek and former player Kim Yong-soo, a key figure in the LG Twins’ 1994 championship, will appear to support the team. Additionally, former LG Twins players and MLB player Choi Ji-man will also join to share their stories.

Spoky plans to engage viewers by holding real-time events during the live talks, offering gifts such as signed uniforms and hats from the cast, as well as chicken gifticons, to encourage viewer participation.

Going forward, Spoky will continue live talks beyond the Korean Series, covering games of sports that attract high viewer interest. In addition to sports broadcasts and news, Spoky plans to expand original content that can only be viewed on its platform.

Ko Gwang-ho, head of LG Uplus’s sports platform division, said, “We created content that allows Spoky users to watch games together and communicate in real time to cheer for the LG Twins’ Korean Series championship,” adding, “We will continue to try various approaches so that Spoky users can find enjoyment not only in sports broadcasts but also in diverse content.”

Meanwhile, Spoky has started live broadcasts of men’s professional basketball (KBL), women’s professional basketball (WKBL), men’s professional volleyball (V-League), and women’s professional volleyball (V-League) in line with the end of the professional baseball season.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.